Baroque Road was my only pick in race 6 but was scratched where it was an $11 shot in a $275000 race.  Race 8 is worth $1.1m and it is a $46 shot. Some stable confidence Ohokaman? Good luck with Until Valhalla too.

It's potentially worse than pointless if the big money attracts Aussie raiders.

Nice pick Zak, she looked good winning. To race again 12 January at Ellerslie in a bid to make the final field.

Concentrating on the Sunshine Coast for obvious reasons. R1 Torque To Be Sure - Quietly Arrogant R2 La Bella Boom - Divine Secrets R3 Iconify - Piccadero R4 Until Valhalla - Infatuation R5 Moravia - at least 15 RP’s above anything else, should just win. R6 Shailailed - Lady Shotgun R7 Tannhauser - Arts Object R8 Derry Grove - Baroque Road R9 Lady of Camelot - El Morzillo R10 Vanessi - Hezdarnhottoo Trentham R6 Sassy Lass - Crouch R7 Luberon R8 Black Betty Te Aroha R1 Aurora Storm - Tale of the Gypsy R2 My Sharona R3 Kansas Storm R4 Deep Water Bay R5 Duchess of War R6 Goldburg R8 Customized

Spot on PS, would remove all of the ambiguity My horse was paying $3 when I put the bet on;  19% equates to a $0.57c deduction and my dividend becomes $2.43 The way they display it, $0.19 deduction could lead me to (not unreasonably) think that my new dividend was $2.81

It seems that even our fantastic new high level stakes doesn't prevent our better young horses being sold overseas , real Class sold to Australian Bloodstock , might stay with current trainer till after our Oaks , might go before . When are we going to come up with strategies to stem this flow , or do we just have to accept it as a fait accompli that these horses will just keep being sold . If the second then it's pointless to keep funneling huge money into the biggest races , as seen the other day the Rich Hill and QE didn't have a horse rated over 90 . Start putting more money into the bottom end and keep more owners in the industry , 

Nice win and one I had an eye on. You also picked Shelbyrockin who won nicely as well with nice odds.

Yeah thats what I was getting at, same thing but would have been clearer if it was displayed as a percentage 

ATC as at 31/72024 Current assets            $2,945,344         -not counting Franklin Park Current liabilities        $11,446,633       -not counting Borrowings due to Westpac Administration & other expenses     $2,188,957  -  2023 $1,644,320    averages $182k a month They also have $200k of receivables that is past due by more than 90 days. 2023 $68k Accruals  $1,400,000 (liabilities)   During the year the Club settled a long standing dispute with Eden Foods, a full and final confidential settlement has been accrued during the current financial year. The Club is also in a legal dispute with a former employee over historical bonus payments. The dispute was heard by the Employment Court in June 2024 with a judgement yet to be delivered. The Club has accrued for a potential liability based on the Board's best estimate of the potential liability, having taken appropriate legal advice.  

So I'm hearing one of these so called rockets scientists is up for the new CEO position at NZTR , could be a perfect fit .

Isn’t 19 cents in the dollar just the same as 19 percent?

Yes the Dunn team cost their owners a fortune, but so does everybody else. The Telfers have to be the worse - their weekly costs must be huge compared to almost everybody else. Racing horses is an expensive hobby but then again most hobbies are - skiing, fishing, women etc 🤣    

It’s only one bet per race with a measly $100 maximum plus they can cut you off from the offering if you consistently make a profit from it. if you just add these bets to your other bets while you churn through your bank it’ll work fine for both parties.

Just noticed Crocetti scratched..... Good thing is it's a marathon so plenty of time to fix the dodgy start 😄 I always used to run my second half much faster than my first, taking time to find my feet Hunterville style 🙂

Yes all good. 

GBR/Stakes %  latest figures for Clubs with 6 or more meetings; Auckland T C        GBR/ Stakes   46.9%      GBR/T/O  16.1%            Stakes $4,251,384               GBR $1,995,287        -$2,256,097 Invercargill                                      73.3%                        16.8% Manawatu                                      69.4%                         16.4% NZ Met T C                                     61.9%                         18.8%           Stakes $9,470,737                GBR $5,865,643       -$3,605,094 Waikato B O P                               100%                           18.2% Winton                                            118.5%                        22.4% Clubs with good GBR/Stakes ratio's, but less than 6 meetings to date, include; Ashburton 110%,  Banks Peninsular  120%,  Forbury Park  151%,  Geraldine  123%,  Kaikoura  134%,  Kurow  136%,  METHVEN  223%,  Northern Southland  129%,  Oamaru  119%,  Timaru  115%,  Tuapeka  163%,  Westport  140%,  Winton  118%, & Wyndham 151%

It’s a curious and unfortunate event to say the least. We aren’t immune from such problems in the UK. The track at Musselburgh outside Edinburgh has been repeatedly vandalised with £10k of damage over Christmas just before the track’s lucrative New Year’s Day fixture with damage in the weighing room and hospitality area. To add insult to injury, the second day of the New Year’s fixture was abandoned seven minutes before the first race due to persistent frost and that hasn’t gone down well with the connections who had a 750 mile round trip to see their horse run.

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I'm not sure if we are allowed scr replacements before the 12noon comp cut off or not ...  if so, then Telegraph:  Bonny Lass, if not... then all good     

Well, at least Dick Street is an appropriate address.